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British Democracy Forum - The Economy http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/ British and international economics. en Sat, 18 May 2013 05:56:56 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/images/misc/rss.png British Democracy Forum - The Economy http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/ Yusuf suffers prejudice in the workplace http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=123337&goto=newpost Fri, 17 May 2013 18:16:17 GMT http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2326046/Yusuf-Hameed-Ive-knocked-450-jobs-complains-unemployed-man-40-having-Buddhist-symbol-tattooed-forehead... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-forehead.html

Looks a likely lad to me....

Can anyone help Yusuf? ]]> The Economy Mike http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=123337 Really brilliant TV film about Lehman - must watch! http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=123332&goto=newpost Fri, 17 May 2013 14:08:43 GMT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLWIPyQXcRE

On of the best things on TV for years. At last it's on the web. Well done BBC (for once). ]]> The Economy Mike http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=123332 Oil Prices are Rigged http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=123280&goto=newpost Thu, 16 May 2013 02:39:38 GMT Yes, of course they are. You can easily see that by the market movements. Supply and demand in the short term is static, save for an exceptionally... Yes, of course they are. You can easily see that by the market movements. Supply and demand in the short term is static, save for an exceptionally cold winter across the globe, which er... doesn't really tend to happen very much really, especially because the globe tends to turn relative to the sun! So why do prices move in the way they do? It seems at the eleventh hour the EU has decided to prove to the world it has a use. I guess it feels a bit like the Tory Party, watching an endless stream of deserters as the prospect of a referendum looms. So we see some action!

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The Prime Minister said he will urgently look at “extending criminal offences” to cover market manipulation in the energy sector, after BP and Shell were raided by European authorities on suspicion of rigging oil prices.

Ouch!

I bet that made them choke on their champagne. Cameron's now on the go about it as well.

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Amid fears that British motorists could have been duped into paying thousands of pounds too much for petrol over the past decade, Mr Cameron told the companies they will face the “full force of the law” if the accusations are true.

The trouble with all of this is that Cameron should have acted first. He's always seen to be reacting to this or that, and each time it is another fraud of some sort to do with corporations. Perhaps, just perhaps, the man might think to himself, what if one day I become proactive and decide to take preventative measures, like for example souping up the Serious Fraud Office and doing spot checks on large trading to see if it is up to scratch. Also they could check out supermarket meat to see if it is what it says it is, and indeed it could do a review of all the regulation to make sure everything is regulated fairly and efficiently. There shouldn't be a company that is too big to be regulated by the law. The Americans do at least do some of this checking themselves. The latest fixing of some mortgage index was discovered by them. ]]> The Economy Baron von Lotsov http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=123280 The happy thread http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=123253&goto=newpost Wed, 15 May 2013 07:23:24 GMT Any more good news stick in this thread. Thought I'd start of with the news that France is back in recession despite record low interest rates of the ECB

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22536197 ]]> The Economy ChrisV http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=123253 UK falls down economic table http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=123242&goto=newpost Tue, 14 May 2013 21:55:32 GMT http://money.uk.msn.com/uk-falls-down-oecd-economic-table Is anyone surprised? http://money.uk.msn.com/uk-falls-dow...economic-table

Is anyone surprised? ]]> The Economy ChrisV http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=123242 <![CDATA[Britain's trade deficit is now $91 billion dollar and double May 2012]]> http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=123215&goto=newpost Tue, 14 May 2013 08:55:16 GMT The deficit May 2013 is $91 billion dollars after accounting for invisibles such as banking. Last year 26th May 2012 the deficit was $46 billion... The deficit May 2013 is $91 billion dollars after accounting for invisibles such as banking.

Last year 26th May 2012 the deficit was $46 billion dollars for the previous 12 months.

The trade deficit has doubled in one year.

David Cameron is trying to create an import led boom. It cannot be done

David Cameron does not know how to create growth !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ]]> The Economy SteveUKIP http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=123215 Another bank bail on way? http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=123191&goto=newpost Mon, 13 May 2013 14:17:47 GMT http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/banksandfinance/10053762/Co-op-Bank-capital-hole-may-reach-1.8bn.html Fessing up is taking a... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/n...ach-1.8bn.html

Fessing up is taking a decade.

Britannia itself took over a dodgy smaller society some years ago. ]]> The Economy Mike http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=123191 Anybody remember coal? http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=123167&goto=newpost Sun, 12 May 2013 20:23:39 GMT This Sunday AM I saw a program that said where we bought our fuels from, and how we were in reality getting ripped of by those we are dealing with.... This Sunday AM I saw a program that said where we bought our fuels from, and how we were in reality getting ripped of by those we are dealing with.
Does anyone remember COAL it's that black stuff the we have about two hundred years supply of right beneath our feet?
It had a reputation for being highly polluting, but in the days we burned lots of it, no real research went into improving our usage as it was cheaper to put up with the muck.
Today we would need new and bigger mines to win the coal in sufficient quantities and while these were being made the required research and development could be put in to cleaner usage and safer mining practices to be in place for when the new mines are ready to drive new headings.
How can it make any kind of sense to buy energy from abroad when we are sat on all we could use for the next 200 years at the last British coal estimate as I remember. That's 200 years of employment and cheaper reliably sourced energy more than enough time to find a real sustainable alternative and stop making the green fields of England into wind farms or paying top prices for fuel from abroad.
I know the cries of SCARGILL, STRIKES and ACID RAIN will be heard across the land, mixed in with the NIMBY chants but I feel to bring our energy supplies in house would be worth so much to this country that it is only common sense to do so! ]]> The Economy paralreg http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=123167 New clothes for your interview http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=123030&goto=newpost Tue, 07 May 2013 21:06:57 GMT My daughter after finishing university went to sign on the dole, as most kids do these days, the casual jobs graduates used to do whilst looking for... My daughter after finishing university went to sign on the dole, as most kids do these days, the casual jobs graduates used to do whilst looking for a proper job are all know taken up by you no who. As she was signing on she was told she could apply for new clothes up to £150.00, so she could look smart for her interview I suppose.
If you can't beat them join them, I'm off ( immigrating), does anybody know the benefit advantages in tinbucktoo. ]]> The Economy cpstjohn http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=123030 Hip Hip Hooray! http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=122996&goto=newpost Mon, 06 May 2013 21:56:30 GMT Why the hell were they ever allowed it in the first place! ---Quote--- Pensions Minister Steve Webb said there are 220,000 people living... Why the hell were they ever allowed it in the first place!

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Pensions Minister Steve Webb said there are 220,000 people living outside the UK who receive some form of state pension based solely on their spouse's British work history - at a cost of £410m a year.
He said the Pensions Bill, which will be announced in the Queen's Speech on Wednesday, would stop new claims of this kind, but existing pensioners would be unaffected.
He told The Daily Telegraph: "Most people would think, you pay national insurance, you get a pension.
"But folk who have never been here - but happen to be married to someone who has - are getting pensions.
"Women married to British men, we are getting more of them claiming a pension based on his record.
"In some cases, they have never set foot in Britain at all."
The maximum each person can claim in a year is £3,500.
A decade ago, the number of overseas residents receiving such payments was 190,000.
http://news.sky.com/story/1087372/cu...ugh-uk-spouses

]]> The Economy Sharon Ebanks http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=122996 Debt Time Bomb Britain - documentary http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=122985&goto=newpost Mon, 06 May 2013 11:27:42 GMT http://youtu.be/AYVZKpH3pnM I believe this is a video version of the Money Week article that was linked to on here some time back.

I believe this is a video version of the Money Week article that was linked to on here some time back. ]]> The Economy Like The Roman http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=122985 Gold is back on the way up. BUY BUY BUY!!!!! http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=122760&goto=newpost Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:07:37 GMT Awesome video on gold price

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...v=8GTF3jfdmRw#!

BUY BUY BUY!!!!!!! ]]> The Economy ChrisV http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=122760 How much money is there? http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=122693&goto=newpost Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:58:58 GMT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2tKg3E53DM Answered on youtube. Great channel called Vsauce http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2tKg3E53DM

Answered on youtube. Great channel called Vsauce ]]> The Economy ChrisV http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=122693 Everything Is Rigged: The Biggest Price-Fixing Scandal Ever http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=122668&goto=newpost Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:40:00 GMT Matt Taibbi's latest article in the Rolling Stone

Conspiracy theorists of the world, believers in the hidden hands of the Rothschilds and the Masons and the Illuminati, we skeptics owe you an apology. You were right. The players may be a little different, but your basic premise is correct:

]]> The Economy Bevois http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=122668 Cliff Richard dyes hair - horror news for industry! http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=122641&goto=newpost Sat, 27 Apr 2013 14:31:41 GMT http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/10022337/Sir-Cliff-Richard-reveals-the-secrets-of-his-eternal-youth.html This could take... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/m...nal-youth.html

This could take the economy back into recession. Music is a big business. ]]> The Economy Mike http://www.democracyforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=122641